Asahi ditches battle for market share and seeks crisp profit

Japanese brewer to stop reporting beer sales by volume

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Asahi Breweries leads Japan's beer market, but Kirin Brewery is hot on its heels.

TAKERU GOTO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Asahi Breweries will report beer sales by value rather than quantity starting next year, bowing out of a costly battle for market share in Japan to free up resources for expansion abroad.

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